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From Latin altus (“high”). Doublet of old and alto.
alt (uncountable)
Abbreviations.
alt (not comparable)
alt (plural alts)
alt (plural alts)
From Latin alter, alterum. Compare Romanian alt.
alt m (f alte, m plural alts, f plural alti)
alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)
Declension of alt | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | alt |
altlar | ||||||
definite accusative | altı |
altları | ||||||
dative | alta |
altlara | ||||||
locative | altda |
altlarda | ||||||
ablative | altdan |
altlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | altın |
altların |
alt (comparative daha alt, superlative ən alt)
alt (feminine alta, masculine plural alts, feminine plural altes)
From Middle High German alt, fromOld High German ald, northern variant of alt. The variation between the stems alt and aal is due to the development -ald- → -āl-, which occurred only in open syllables.
alt (masculine aale, feminine aal, comparative aaler or ääler or älder, superlative aalste or äälste or ältste)
masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | |||
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positive | ||||||
predicative / adverbial | alt | |||||
common case |
strong | aale | alt | aal | ||
weak | aal | |||||
partitive | aales | — | ||||
dative case |
initial | aalem | aaler | aale | ||
non-initial | aale | |||||
comparative | ||||||
predicative / adverbial | ääler | |||||
common case |
strong | äälere | ääler | |||
weak | ||||||
partitive | ääleres | — | ||||
dative case |
initial | äälerem | äälerer | äälere | ||
non-initial | äälere | |||||
superlative | ||||||
predicative / adverbial | et äälste | |||||
common case |
strong | äälste | ||||
weak | ||||||
dative case |
initial | äälstem | äälster | äälste | ||
non-initial | äälste | |||||
Strong (indefinite) and weak (definite) forms are distinguished in the neuter common case. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns like jet (“something”). In the singular dative, there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position, depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase or not. |
From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with German alt, Dutch oud, English old, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis).
alt (comparative éltor, superlative dar éltorste)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist alt | zi ist alt | is ist alt | ze zèint alt | |
with definite article | nominative | dar alte | de alta | 's alte | de alten |
accusative | in alten | de alta | 's alte | de alten | |
dative | me alten | dar alten | me alten | in alten | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an altar | an alta | an altes | (khòone) alten |
accusative | an alten | an alta | an altes | (khòone) alten | |
dative | aname alten | anara alten | aname alten | (khòonen) alten | |
without article | nominative | alte | |||
accusative | alte | ||||
dative | alten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist éltor | zi ist éltor | is ist éltor | ze zèint éltor | |
with definite article | nominative | dar éltore | de éltora | 's éltore | de éltorn |
accusative | in éltorn | de éltora | 's éltore | de éltorn | |
dative | me éltorn | dar éltorn | me éltorn | in éltorn | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an éltorar | an éltora | an éltors | (khòone) éltorn |
accusative | an éltorn | an éltora | an éltors | (khòone) éltorn | |
dative | aname éltorn | anara éltorn | aname éltorn | (khòonen) éltorn | |
without article | nominative | éltore | |||
accusative | éltore | ||||
dative | éltorn |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist dar éltorste | zi ist dar éltorsta | is ist dar éltorste | ze zèint dar éltorste | |
with definite article | nominative | dar éltorste | de éltorsta | 's éltorste | de éltorsten |
accusative | in éltorsten | de éltorsta | 's éltorste | de éltorsten | |
dative | me éltorsten | dar éltorsten | me éltorsten | in éltorsten | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an éltorstar | an éltorsta | an éltorstes | (khòone) éltorsten |
accusative | an éltorsten | an éltorsta | an éltorstes | (khòone) éltorsten | |
dative | aname éltorsten | anara éltorsten | aname éltorsten | (khòonen) éltorsten | |
without article | nominative | éltorste | |||
accusative | éltorste | ||||
dative | éltorsten |
From Proto-Germanic *aldaz.
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Borrowed from German Alt, ultimately from Latin altus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
alt m (plural alten, diminutive altje n)
alt f (plural alten, diminutive altje n)
The word alt is feminine when it's used to indicate a woman singing or playing the alto part.
alt n (masculine allur, feminine øll)
Declension of alt (a12) | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | allur | øll | alt |
Accusative | allan | alla | alt |
Dative | øllum | allari | øllum |
Genitive | als | allar | als |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | allir | allar | øll |
Accusative | allar | allar | øll |
Dative | øllum | øllum | øllum |
Genitive | alla | alla | alla |
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alt m (plural alts)
From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Dutch oud, Low German old, West Frisian âld, English old. Doublet of Alt, a loanword from Italian.
alt (strong nominative masculine singular alter, comparative älter, superlative am ältesten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist alt | sie ist alt | es ist alt | sie sind alt | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | alter | alte | altes | alte |
genitive | alten | alter | alten | alter | |
dative | altem | alter | altem | alten | |
accusative | alten | alte | altes | alte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der alte | die alte | das alte | die alten |
genitive | des alten | der alten | des alten | der alten | |
dative | dem alten | der alten | dem alten | den alten | |
accusative | den alten | die alte | das alte | die alten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein alter | eine alte | ein altes | (keine) alten |
genitive | eines alten | einer alten | eines alten | (keiner) alten | |
dative | einem alten | einer alten | einem alten | (keinen) alten | |
accusative | einen alten | eine alte | ein altes | (keine) alten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist älter | sie ist älter | es ist älter | sie sind älter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | älterer | ältere | älteres | ältere |
genitive | älteren | älterer | älteren | älterer | |
dative | älterem | älterer | älterem | älteren | |
accusative | älteren | ältere | älteres | ältere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ältere | die ältere | das ältere | die älteren |
genitive | des älteren | der älteren | des älteren | der älteren | |
dative | dem älteren | der älteren | dem älteren | den älteren | |
accusative | den älteren | die ältere | das ältere | die älteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein älterer | eine ältere | ein älteres | (keine) älteren |
genitive | eines älteren | einer älteren | eines älteren | (keiner) älteren | |
dative | einem älteren | einer älteren | einem älteren | (keinen) älteren | |
accusative | einen älteren | eine ältere | ein älteres | (keine) älteren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am ältesten | sie ist am ältesten | es ist am ältesten | sie sind am ältesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ältester | älteste | ältestes | älteste |
genitive | ältesten | ältester | ältesten | ältester | |
dative | ältestem | ältester | ältestem | ältesten | |
accusative | ältesten | älteste | ältestes | älteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der älteste | die älteste | das älteste | die ältesten |
genitive | des ältesten | der ältesten | des ältesten | der ältesten | |
dative | dem ältesten | der ältesten | dem ältesten | den ältesten | |
accusative | den ältesten | die älteste | das älteste | die ältesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ältester | eine älteste | ein ältestes | (keine) ältesten |
genitive | eines ältesten | einer ältesten | eines ältesten | (keiner) ältesten | |
dative | einem ältesten | einer ältesten | einem ältesten | (keinen) ältesten | |
accusative | einen ältesten | eine älteste | ein ältestes | (keine) ältesten |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
alt (countable and uncountable, plural altok)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | alt | altok |
accusative | altot | altokat |
dative | altnak | altoknak |
instrumental | alttal | altokkal |
causal-final | altért | altokért |
translative | alttá | altokká |
terminative | altig | altokig |
essive-formal | altként | altokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | altban | altokban |
superessive | alton | altokon |
adessive | altnál | altoknál |
illative | altba | altokba |
sublative | altra | altokra |
allative | althoz | altokhoz |
elative | altból | altokból |
delative | altról | altokról |
ablative | alttól | altoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
alté | altoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
altéi | altokéi |
Possessive forms of alt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | altom | altjaim |
2nd person sing. | altod | altjaid |
3rd person sing. | altja | altjai |
1st person plural | altunk | altjaink |
2nd person plural | altotok | altjaitok |
3rd person plural | altjuk | altjaik |
↗︎○ | allative | alle |
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○ | adessive | al |
○↘︎ | ablative | alt |
From Proto-Finnic *alta. Cognates include Finnish alta.
alt
alt (+ genitive)
From Old Irish alt (“joint, articulation”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸaltu- (“joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).[3] Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan, “to fold”) and Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos, “woven cloth”). The sense ‘article’ is a semantic loan from Latin articulus, itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron).
alt m (genitive singular ailt, nominative plural ailt)
alt (present analytic altann, future analytic altfaidh, verbal noun altadh, past participle alta)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)
alt m (genitive singular ailt, nominative plural ailt)
alt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural altanna)[4]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alt | n-alt | halt | t-alt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
alt
Perso-Arabic | اَلت |
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From Proto-Turkic *ăl.
alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)
Akin to Italian alto, from Latin altus.
alt
alt
From Turkish alt (“bottom; under”).
alt ? (Arabic spelling ئالت)
From Latin altus, via Italian alto; compare with German Alt.
alt m (definite singular alten, indefinite plural alter, definite plural altene)
alt
alt
alt
From Latin altus, via Italian alto; compare with German Alt.
alt m (definite singular alten, indefinite plural altar, definite plural altane)
Inherited from Old Norse allt. Compare to Swedish allt
alt
alt
From Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
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alt
Strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | alt | alde | alt | alde | alt | aldu |
accusative | aldan | alde | alt | alde | alda | aldu |
genitive | aldis | aldro | aldis | aldro | aldro | aldrō |
dative | aldon | aldon | aldon | aldon | aldro | aldon |
Weak declension | ||||||
masculine | neuter | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | aldo | aldu | alda | aldu | alda | aldu |
accusative | aldin | aldin | alda | aldin | aldin | aldin |
genitive | aldin | aldno | aldin | aldno | aldin | aldno |
dative | aldin | aldon | aldin | aldon | aldin | aldon |
From Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, whence also Old English ald. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Old Frisian and Old Saxon ald, Old English eald, ald and Old Dutch alt.
alt
·alt
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·alt (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | ·n-alt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Middle High German and Old High German alt. Compare German alt, Dutch oud, English old.
alt (comparative elder, superlative eltscht)
Internationalism; compare English alto. Possibly borrowed from German Alt or Italian alto.[1][2] First attested in 1586.[3]
alt m inan
alt m pers
Borrowed from English alt, as found on keyboards. First attested in the late 20th century.
alt m inan
Learned borrowing from Latin altum.[4] First attested in 1652.[4]
alt m inan
singular | plural | |
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nominative | — | — |
genitive | — | — |
dative | — | — |
accusative | — | — |
instrumental | — | altami |
locative | — | — |
vocative | — | — |
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *altru, from Latin alter, alterum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros.
alt m or n (feminine singular altă, masculine plural alți, feminine and neuter plural alte)
Alt can only be preposited and unarticulated. Instead of an articulated form, celălalt (“the other”) exists.
Altul (“another one”) superficially resembles the articulated adjective form, but is actually a self-standing pronoun.
The genitive and dative forms can also be formed like those of a regular adjective, using forms of un: unui alt, unei alte, unor alți, unor alte.
From Old Irish alt (“joint, articulation”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸaltom (“joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan, “to fold”) and Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos, “woven cloth”).
alt m (genitive singular uilt, plural altan)
From Italian alto (canto), high (song).
alt m (Cyrillic spelling алт)
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلت (alt).
alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)
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Definite accusative | altı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | alt | altlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | altı | altları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | alta | altlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | altta | altlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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From Middle High German and Old High German alt.
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